Senior Software Engineer - Java/Go

Gen is a global company powering Digital Freedom through consumer brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, Reputation Defender, and CCleaner. Our combined heritage is rooted in providing safety for the first digital generations. We bring leading technology solutions in cybersecurity, privacy and identity protection to more than 500 million users in 150 countries so they can live their digital lives safely, privately, and confidently today and for generations to come. We're always looking for smart, fearless, and dedicated people. Together, we have collective passion and a big vision to power Digital Freedom by protecting consumers and giving them control of their digital lives.  

When you’re a part of Gen, you are provided access to a range of resources and support to ensure you can do your best work and live your best life. This includes flexible working options with generous time off and competitive benefits & compensation packages. 

Diversity is foundational to how we do business because we know the greatest ideas and results come from our unique perspectives and differences. We strive to create a safe, inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. Team members are valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are in a meaningful and exciting atmosphere. Gen is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs.  

If this sounds like you—Gen has a dynamic, supportive culture with core values that celebrate diversity, promote teamwork, and encourage every team member to contribute and grow—join us! 

 
About the Role:
We’re the team responsible for Gen’s VPN backends, which consists of over 6 000 servers located at multiple data centres and cloud providers around the world and over 100 backend applications providing services to more than 400 million client applications/devices. We’re designing backend applications which are under heavy traffic, design lightweight and easy to use APIs, apps that help our Infra team and communicate with the clients and SDKs team. We solve complex problems, often with unconventional ideas.

We strive to provide the best possible QoS for our clients while maintaining high security standards. We value openness, the ability to express your own opinions, and a desire to improve yourself and the team.

What You'll Do In This Role:

• Analyze, document, and bring solutions for new requirements
• Develop server components in Java/Kotlin/Go
• Design of interfaces and APIs
• Contribute to design and specification of the systems architecture
• Work with other team members (design, architecture, code review, etc.)
• Contribute to the whole application lifecycle (development, testing, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, etc.)
• Maintain and develop legacy server components
• Work with Jira, GitHub, TeamCity, Confluence
• Work in team, as a team

Behaviors you have:

• Proactive team player
• Bringing your true self to work ~ we actively celebrate diversity and our differences
• Ownership
• Willingness to learn

What You'll Need To Be Successful In This Role:

• Strong experience with Java / Kotlin / GO Ï Experience with backend development
• SQL (PostgreSQL) databases
• AWS/GCP/Kubernetes experience is a plus
• Ability to write testable code and Unit tests
• Ability to communicate in English with the team and stakeholders (B2+)
• Experience with design of REST API services
• Ability to learn

What we welcome:

• Ruby experience (maintanance of legacy components)
• Significant experience in building secure applications
• Docker
• Grafana
• NoSQL (Cassandra) databases
• Elasticsearch
• Kotlin DSL build jobs and integration with TeamCity
• Knowledge of VPN protocols

What We Can Offer:

• Unlimited PTO (paid time off), flexible working hours & home office. 

• The chance to join a major global tech company listed on S&P 500. 

• Cafeteria points provided by Benefit plus

• Multisport card. 

• Learning & Development plan.

Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Gen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based on such protected characteristics and seeks to recruit the most talented candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds. 

We also consider employment-qualified individuals with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Learn more about pay transparency. 

Gen complies with all anti-discrimination laws. 

To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.